Automated privacy level suggestions for social networking

A social networking data processing system configured for automated suggestions of privacy level settings for a new connection, the system comprising:

• a host server comprising at least one processor and memory and configured for communicative coupling to a plurality of computing devices over a computer communications network;
• a social network hosted by the host server;
• and,
• a privacy level suggestion module coupled to the social network, the module comprising program code enabled upon execution in memory of a computer to identify mutual social media connections between a new social media connection of an end user of the social network and the end user, to display in a graphical user interface (GUI) for the social network a suggested privacy setting for a selected social media privacy setting of the new social media connection based upon a comparison of privacy settings already established for individual ones of the identified mutual social media connections to privacy settings for connections of the end user listed in different privacy level groups, to establish the suggested social media privacy setting for the selected social media privacy setting of the new social media connection in the social network, to determine if additional social media privacy settings remain to be processed for the new social media connection and to repeat the displaying and establishing for each remaining social media privacy setting for the new social media connection.

A computer program product for automated suggestions of privacy level settings for a new connection in a social network, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code for receiving a new social media connection for an end user of a social network;
• computer readable program code for identifying mutual social media connections between the new social media connection and the end user of the social network;
• computer readable program code for displaying in a display of a computer a suggested privacy setting for a selected social media privacy setting of the new social media connection based upon a comparison of privacy settings already established for individual ones of the identified mutual social media connections to privacy settings for connections of the end user listed in different privacy level groups;
• computer readable program code for establishing the suggested social media privacy setting for the selected social media privacy settings of the new social media connection in the social network;
• computer readable program code for determining if additional social media privacy settings remain to be processed for the new social media connection;
• and,
• computer readable program code for repeating the displaying and establishing for each remaining social media privacy setting for the new social media connection.